Kathmandu, September 21: Ticket booking for the Dasain festival will be opened a week before the Ghatasthapana festival. Chairman of the National Federation of Nepal Transport Entrepreneurs Bijaya Bahadur Swar said discussions are currently underway at the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport and the Ministry of Home Affairs on the issue of road maintenance and road safety. Swar said, "We are preparing to open the bus tickets a week before the Ghatasthapana festival. At present, we are holding discussions with the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport and the Ministry of Home Affairs on the issue of road maintenance and road safety. It is not easy to open the ticket immediately. The roads have to be repaired in many places and we will open advance ticket booking after the repair work of the roads is completed.” Above two million people in Kathmandu are expected to go to their homes during the Dasain festival. People’s News Monitoring Service.